The restaurant at Nuuk's only upmarket hotel has no difficulty attracting clients for its exclusive wagyu beef fillet.

ECONOMIST: Oil in Greenland

There is only one polling station in the capital, Nuuk - a town of 15, 000 with only two traffic lights.

BBC: Mining question dominates Greenland poll

In 2011 The Arctic Council members signed the Nuuk Declaration that committed them to develop an international agreement on how to respond to oil pollution in the northern seas.

BBC: Concerns raised over 'useless' Arctic oil spill plan

As fireworks pop in the white skies, and amid concerts and parties, the Danish Queen will attend a ceremony at the parliament in Nuuk, the Greenlandic capital, on Sunday June 21st, where she will observe the beginning of self-governance in the territory.

ECONOMIST: Decolonising the Arctic